You Haven't Left Me (Poetry)

Despite your leaving
that dramatic way
there’s no severance
the spirit will pay
though blood runs bankrupt

Family binds us
storm-tossed crown to root
survives the conflict
nurtures bud and fruit
passing the seeds on

Although you may go
you don’t go alone
but take part of me
secret as your own
planted at the start

Instinct surfaces
rises through each pore
each generation
harbours at its core
Nature’s mystery

You and I are one
indivisible
pressing life to life
links invisible
child I’m always here